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flick
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun flick has 3 senses
- flick(n = noun.event) Array - a light sharp contact (usually with something flexible); "he gave it a flick with his finger"; "he felt the flick of a whip" is a kind of contact, impinging, striking
- flick(n = noun.communication) Array - a short stroke; Array is a kind of stroke
- flick(n = noun.communication) film, motion picture, motion-picture show, movie, moving picture, moving-picture show, pic, picture, picture show - a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement; "they went to a movie every Saturday night"; "the film was shot on location" is a kind of product, production, show
Derived form verb flick4
has parts: episode, sequence, credit, caption, subtitle, credits, scene, shot
has particulars: telefilm, feature, feature film, final cut, home movie, collage film, coming attraction, shoot-'em-up, short subject, docudrama, documentary, documentary film, infotainment, cinema verite, film noir, skin flick, rough cut, silent movie, silent picture, silents, slow motion, talkie, talking picture, 3-d, 3d, three-d, musical, musical comedy, musical theater
Verb flick has 9 senses
- flick(v = verb.perception) flicker - flash intermittently; "The lights flicked on and off" is one way to blink, flash, twinkle, wink, winkle
- flick(v = verb.perception) flip, leaf, riff, riffle, thumb - look through a book or other written material; "He thumbed through the report"; "She leafed through the volume" is one way to peruse
- flick(v = verb.motion) flip - cause to move with a flick; "he flicked his Bic" is one way to throw
- flick(v = verb.contact) jerk - throw or toss with a quick motion; "flick a piece of paper across the table"; "jerk his head" is one way to force, push
- flick(v = verb.weather) flicker - shine unsteadily; "The candle flickered" is one way to beam, shine
- flick(v = verb.contact) riffle, ruffle - twitch or flutter; "the paper flicked" is one way to displace, move
- flick(v = verb.contact) click, snap - cause to make a snapping sound; "snap your fingers" is one way to move
- flick(v = verb.contact) Array - touch or hit with a light, quick blow; "flicked him with his hand" is one way to brush
- flick(v = verb.change) Array - remove with a flick (of the hand); Array is one way to remove, take, take away, withdraw
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Derived form noun flick1
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Lights flick on the horizon
The horizon is flicking with lights
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CIDE DICTIONARY
flick, v. t. [Cf. Flicker.].
- To whip lightly or with a quick jerk; to flap; as, to flick a horse; to flick the dirt from boots. Thackeray. [1913 Webster]
- To throw, snap, or toss with a jerk; to flirt; as, to flick a whiplash."Rude boys were flicking butter pats across chaos." [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
flick, n.
A flitch; as, a flick of bacon. [1913 Webster]
- A light quick stroke or blow, esp. with something pliant; a flirt; also, the sound made by such a blow."She actually took the whip out of his hand and gave a flick to the pony." [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- A motion picture; as, I went to see a flick on Friday. [PJC]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
flick, n. & v.
--n.
1 a a light, sharp, quickly retracted blow with a whip etc. b the sudden release of a bent finger or thumb, esp. to propel a small object.
2 a sudden movement or jerk.
3 a quick turn of the wrist in playing games, esp. in throwing or striking a ball.
4 a slight, sharp sound.
5 Brit. colloq. a a cinema film. b (in pl.; prec. by the) the cinema.
--v.
1 tr. (often foll. by away, off) strike or move with a flick (flicked the ash off his cigar; flicked away the dust).
2 tr. give a flick with (a whip, towel, etc.).
3 intr. make a flicking movement or sound.
--n.
1 a a light, sharp, quickly retracted blow with a whip etc. b the sudden release of a bent finger or thumb, esp. to propel a small object.
2 a sudden movement or jerk.
3 a quick turn of the wrist in playing games, esp. in throwing or striking a ball.
4 a slight, sharp sound.
5 Brit. colloq. a a cinema film. b (in pl.; prec. by the) the cinema.
--v.
1 tr. (often foll. by away, off) strike or move with a flick (flicked the ash off his cigar; flicked away the dust).
2 tr. give a flick with (a whip, towel, etc.).
3 intr. make a flicking movement or sound.
Idiom
flick-knife a weapon with a blade that springs out from the handle when a button is pressed. flick through
1 turn over (cards, pages, etc.).
2 a turn over the pages etc. of, by a rapid movement of the fingers. b look cursorily through (a book etc.).
1 turn over (cards, pages, etc.).
2 a turn over the pages etc. of, by a rapid movement of the fingers. b look cursorily through (a book etc.).
Etymology
ME, imit.
THESAURUS
flick
3-D, Cinemascope, Cinerama, Technicolor, Western, animated cartoon, beak, beat, bicker, birthmark, black-and-white film, blaze, blemish, bloodstain, blot, blotch, blur, bob, brand, breath, brush, bump, bunt, caress, cartoon, caste mark, check, checkmark, chiller, chink, chuck, cicatrix, cine, cinema, click, clink, clop, clump, clunk, color film, come in contact, contact, creepie, crump, cut, cutaneous sense, dab, dance, dapple, daub, discoloration, documentary, documentary film, dot, dull thud, earmark, educational film, engraving, eyesore, feature, feel, feel of, feeling, fillip, film, finger, fingertip caress, flap, fleck, flicker, flip, flirt, flit, flitter, flop, flounce, flump, flutter, flyspeck, freckle, gash, glance, go pitapat, graving, graze, gutter, hack, hand-mindedness, handle, hitch, horror picture, horse opera, jerk, jig, jigger, jigget, jiggle, jog, joggle, jot, kiss, lambency, lap, lentigo, lick, light touch, macula, maculation, macule, manipulate, mark, marking, mole, motion picture, motion-picture show, mottle, movie, moving picture, nevus, newsreel, nick, notch, nudie, pad, palm, palpate, palpitate, pat, patch, patter, paw, peck, photodrama, photoplay, pick, picture, picture show, pitapat, pitter-patter, pluck, plump, plunk, ply, point, poke at, polka dot, pop, pornographic film, preview, prick, prod, pulse, puncture, rap, rub, scar, scarification, score, scotch, scratch, scratching, sense of touch, short, show, silent, silent film, skin flick, slat, smear, smirch, smouch, smudge, smut, smutch, snake, snap, snatch, sneak preview, spaghetti Western, spatter, speck, speckle, splash, splatter, splotch, splutter, spot, sputter, stain, start, stigma, strawberry mark, stroke, sudden pull, tactile sense, taction, taint, talkie, talking picture, tap, tarnish, tattoo, tattoo mark, tentative poke, thriller, throb, thud, thumb, thump, tick, tickle, tinkle, tip, tittle, touch, trailer, tunk, tweak, twiddle, twitch, underground film, watermark, wave, waver, whisk, whisper, wield, wrench, yank, yerkROGET THESAURUS
flick
The Drama
N the drama, the stage, the theater, the play, film the film, movies, motion pictures, cinema, cinematography, theatricals, dramaturgy, histrionic art, buskin, sock, cothurnus, Melpomene and Thalia, Thespis, play, drama, stage play, piece, five-act play, tragedy, comedy, opera, vaudeville, comedietta, lever de rideau, interlude, afterpiece, exode, farce, divertissement, extravaganza, burletta, harlequinade, pantomime, burlesque, opera bouffe, ballet, spectacle, masque, drame comedie drame, melodrama, melodrame, comidie larmoyante, sensation drama, tragicomedy, farcical-comedy, monodrame monologue, duologue trilogy, charade, proverbs, mystery, miracle play, musical, musical comedy, western, horse opera, flick, spy film, love story, adventure film, documentary, nature film, pornographic film, smoker, skin flick, X-rated film, act, scene, tableau, induction, introduction, prologue, epilogue, libretto, performance, representation, mise en scene, stagery, jeu de theatre, acting, gesture, impersonation, stage business, gag, buffoonery, light comedy, genteel comedy, low comedy, theater, playhouse, opera house, house, music hall, amphitheater, circus, hippodrome, theater in the round, puppet show, fantoccini, marionettes, Punch and Judy, auditory, auditorium, front of the house, stalls, boxes, pit, gallery, parquet, greenroom, coulisses, flat, drop, drop scene, wing, screen, side scene, transformation scene, curtain, act drop, proscenium, stage, scene, scenery, the boards, trap, mezzanine floor, flies, floats, footlights, offstage, orchestra, theatrical costume, theatrical properties, movie studio, back lot, on location, part, role, character, dramatis personae, repertoire, actor, thespian, player, method actor, stage player, strolling player, stager, performer, mime, mimer, artists, comedian, tragedian, tragedienne, Roscius, star, movie star, star of stage and screen, superstar, idol, sex symbol, supporting actor, supporting cast, ham, hamfatter, masker, pantomimist, clown harlequin, buffo, buffoon, farceur, grimacer, pantaloon, columbine, punchinello, pulcinello, pulcinella, extra, bit- player, walk-on role, cameo appearance, mute, figurante, general utility, super, supernumerary, company, first tragedian, prima donna, protagonist, jeune premier, debutant, debutante, light comedian, genteel comedian, low comedian, walking gentleman, amoroso, heavy father, ingenue, jeune veuve, mummer, guiser, guisard, gysart, masque, mountebank, Jack Pudding, tumbler, posture master, acrobat, contortionist, ballet dancer, ballet girl, chorus singer, coryphee danseuse, property man, costumier, machinist, prompter, call boy, manager, director, stage manager, acting manager, producer, entrepreneur, impresario, backer, investor, angel, dramatic author, dramatic writer, play writer, playwright, dramatist, mimographer, dramatic, theatric, theatrical, scenic, histrionic, comic, tragic, buskined, farcical, tragicomic, melodramatic, operatic, stagy, on the stage, on the boards, on film, before the floats, before an audience, behind the scenes, fere totus mundus exercet histrionem, suit the action to the word, the word to the action, the play's the thing, to wake the soul by tender strokes of art.
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